Baldwin IV of Jerusalem

Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161-1185) was the King of the Crusader States who defeated Saladin at the Battle of Marj Ayyun.

Biography
Known as “the Leprous” because of his skin condition, Baldwin IV was not expected to reign long or produce an heir. However, he defeated Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard in 1177. In 1179 he was defeated at Baniyas in 1179 by Saladin’s nephew Farrukh Shah, and Constable Humphrey II of Toron saved him. At the Battle of Marj Ayyun later that year, they defeated the Muslim raiders, and they won the battle. Later that year, the tide changed with the fall of Jacob’s Ford, and at the Battle of Belvoir Castle in 1182, an immobilized and blinded Baldwin made Guy de Lusignan regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He died in 1185 of his diseases.